A prominent Syracuse developer is moving ahead with plans he announced a year ago to convert the former Syracuse Plastics factory in Fayetteville into apartments, townhouses and commercial space.

Cosimo Zavaglia, a developer who also owns more than 550 apartments in the Syracuse area, purchased the property at 400 N. Clinton St. in Fayetteville for $10,068 in June 2012, according to Onondaga County real estate records.

Zavaglia and Jim Knittel of Dalpos Architects first presented a proposal to Fayetteville planners in April 2013, but didn't move forward on it until earlier this month.

Knittel presented a site plan and drawings of the proposed mixed-use building to Fayetteville planners for review in early March. The Chapel Street Apartments project calls for 19 residential units all together - 13 built within the vacant factory building and six two-story townhouses built separately facing Walnut Street. The project also needs village board approval.

The project also would include 8,000-square-feet of commercial space, and a 22-space parking garage.

This isn't the first time a developer has announced plans for the site. In 2007, S&W Redevelopment announced plans to demolish the structure and build 20 upscale townhomes, but that proposal never went anywhere.

Zavaglia has other projects in the area, including plans to build a 24-unit five-story apartment building at the corner of Butternut Street and Prospect Avenue, close to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center.